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 I call this a pretty tame day.  Not much happened but one thing that did happen was pretty important.  First... I finished another 100 burps and will take 200 to Ginny tomorrow.  Another 48 burps are in the box waiting for the next 52 burps to come along at some point. I'm in no hurry to make that happen since November which is tomorrow is pretty full of other things needing attention.  Some things really needing a lot of attention.  The 200 burps are in the car with a pretty sure feeling they will get to church tomorrow.  Doug usually asks at the church door...anything to carry in.  Tomorrow I'll say yes.  There was a little football to fill in the cracks of free time while I was snipping fabric. I thought of Ginger Snap cookie making.  But I'm still thinking and the day is almost gone.  Oops...on today. I worked on more Advent bows beginning to think  seriously about Advent.  And then here comes the important part!...

 Today was a little of this and that.   There was sewing and the next 100 burps were finished.  I plan to deliver another 100 to Ginny Sunday.  I moved on to sewing a few more burps but with no significant number to show for the effort.   The call came that the Honda was finished and Bozo and the grandfather clock got to go back home.  Then we were on to Aldi's for another week or more of groceries.  I always try to do a bit of stretching of food.  At one time they were cheaper.  They still might be but the tab always seems to be higher.  We're not the only ones to experience an up tick in the grocery bill.  Yikes. How high will it go?                                             The fairy world has moved into the dining room.     There was a walk around the yard and I think I've filled the last B Blu...

 It seems to be a sewing day among a few other things.  I did a lot of sewing preparation and was in my world of fabric that lead to almost missing my next to last PT.  OOPS.  Yes it was a bigger than I would like to have oops.  But Diana did give me 30 minutes of neck work that is so helpful.  The scare tissue is less but not completely at ease.  But much better.   Then to the gas station for a little more juice in Bozo.  Not much more but enough for today and tomorrow.  When Bozo is returned he should have more gas in him than when we picked him up.   It was home for more of my favorite sewing time.                                                                              The next group ...

 It's another all day Wednesday.  There have been many. HOW fortunate for me.  Last night was a wonderful night of sleep.  I'm enjoying a rested Wednesday.  Maybe I should walk oftener at church to get really tired spaghetti legs.  I knitted for a while and then decided it was Goodwill shopping time for flannel sheets.  The cupboard was bare.  So off to the Goodwill at Castleton.  I flunked out.  Not one sheet even close to flannel.  I usually can find at least one.  So the car turned west and I ended up on Michigan road just south of 86th street way on the other side of Indy.  I found two flannels and one blue and green plaid sheet that would support the dull plain boring green flannel sheet.  The other pretty flowered flannel will be matched with a sheet I already have.   30 will get me to another 100 burps.  There is more than enough fabric to spill over to the next 100. There was a lot of driving in...

 Today was an interesting day with church visual work.  I love those days.  But the day started a bit slow.  And I love when that happens.  I finished the last few inches of another scarf.  Knitting has slowed way down these days.  I think this scarf was on the needles for at least a week.  Well, it seems like that.   I was off to church around 10:15. A little later than usual.  Dot, the Oehlers and Goetzingers arrived at 11.  Preparation for All Saints Sunday happened. We talked a bit about the visuals for the Hamilton Sunday. There were two more jobs assigned to the crew labeled  Advent preparation.  We split up and two people went to the chapel to work and the rest of us hit the stairs to the attic room over Darren's office.   The chapel assignment was to go through three drawers dividing the ornaments that said Christmas from other ornaments such as one that identified the trinity. A few more "others" we...

 A day like none other or something like that.   A few weeks ago while in the Aldi parking lot, I watched as two cars backed out of their parking space at the same time into each other.  One of the cars was driven by Doug.  The other car had no damage but ours had a minor ding on the "trunk" door.  Doug wanted to ignore it.  I said no particularly since we lease our car.  Well, this morning was the morning to turn the car in for fixing which we did arriving at 8:30.  The price to do that ..$3,000 dollars. If the ding was two inches to the left it would have been much cheaper.  We have a good deductible. BUT it took the rest of the morning to get a car rental from Enterprise.  There were a host of us needing rentals and the Enterprise girl was experiencing her first day on the job.  It was close to a nightmare experience for both her and all of us.  We were home three hours later with the morning eaten up although no other ...

            Yes, Sunday all day just like the usual but one might use the word unusual to note today.                                                     The bumble bee also likes the dahlia that I like. It was a marvelous morning of music which I so looked forward to and was not disappointed in the least.  And Thad the director of music at North also was please with all that happened.  For a first timer it was excellent.  He teaches coral directing among other things music at Anderson U.  making him well equipped for North.  Some of his students joined the choir which also was a great experience for them and us.                                       ...

 Another new beginning.  I'll take it any day and today it happened again.  It's wonderful to have another chance at living another day.                                                          Butterfly bush still blooming but not for long. After Doug's breakfast which I think is late and he thinks is early...we were on our way to church to look for the elusive purse once again.  And we looked and looked and decided it was gone wishing we knew how and where.  The banner closet door needed to be locked so I thought to look one more time in that storage closet..  Well, there it was, just where I left it but didn't have a clue about it's location.  I hid it so well that I just couldn't find it under a bunch of black plastic B and Bowl bags.  Dah. The lost had been found and I f...

 A new day!  And there was no dream last night.  Bummer.  Where was God with an answer. Sometimes we need to wait because the answer will come in a still small voice. I'm beginning to think the purse is in some container since I couldn't see it sitting anywhere.  I continue to think!!!                                                                                 The last of the fall asters.  Today was a bit different.  I worked on all the things I brought home from church yesterday in the morning. It was something different to tweak my brain. The circles for the candles are done.  Well, at least one set is finished.  I need to go to H H to purchase five more rings.   Such a rich blue with gold e...

                                This little guy always has a smile.  It's just what I needed to see today.  Dear St. Anthony, please come around Lela's purse is missing and cannot be found.  More about that later! I could also add the name Lela and her horrible, no good, very bad day.  Some days are like that... So the day started out with the usuals and knitting for a spell, then off to pick up Noah and and off to church we went for Noah's morning at soup kitchen and bell work and my morning starting to do a few Christmas things among other things.  There are always other things.                One of the last.  I'll be digging soon.  The paper bags are ready for dahlia tubers for storing                          over the winter.  I'm ...

                                                                             A few blooms are hanging on. Today was a gang buster day when it came to burps.  The hammer came down and now there are seventy burps in the container. I started the day with 10.  I'm ALL out of flannel so until I find some everything is on hold.  I've used up every little scrap left over from some other burp project.  Ginny should have plenty but something started needs to end up finished.  Tomorrow on my way home from church I hope to remember to look at other stores that usually come through.  The usual places are not stocked with flannel sheets.                          ...

 Today was a simple day.  It reminds me of sing me a simple song.  Just thinking...I don't hear the word simple used very often.  We usually have days filled and crammed full of things to do.  So, having a simple describe the day should be included with those days that are not so simple.  Sounds healthy to me.                                                           A s upper treat for the eyes! The colors are perfect. Simple started with a great wake up, breakfast and then a bit of knitting.  Not much but just a bit.  After that I started working on the 50 some burps that were torn yesterday and ready for the first sew around on the machine.  Then came the trimming and turning from inside to outside.  On to the ironing board and then the last sewing.  Folding...

 Today started pretty easy.  Then it got really hard and back to easy but with a very tired body!                                                                                    So pretty in the late afternoon sun. .   The weather could not have been better.  A perfect fall day with a great warm up with low humidity.  Just a perfect gift for October.  I ran out of yarn last night at the wrong place when knitting a scarf.  I tried some solutions but tore them out.  It just didn't work so that scarf is on the wait list.                   Still to get cut.  If I wait till January it will be dry and all over the yard.  Just a big mess...

 I would call this a slow down Sunday.                                                                                                       Still here! The morning started with frost but like most firsts but not all frosts, the white stuff stayed at the bottom of the hill in all the spots that I would say are lower than the house.  So the patio garden was saved as well as all the other gardens although most of them have been cleared of flowers.  But all of the flowers mentioned days ago are still with us.  This week will see warmer days back with us again.  So it's easy breathing time again to enjoy some color in the garden.   Another good night o...

                                                       All the good zinnias, plus a few other things.    I woke up after a great night of sleep.  I added an extra spread to the bed and was pleasantly warm.  That was until I got out of bed.  Brrrr.  The house was cold.  I let Doug determine when the furnace comes on and when he got up he went directly to the thermostat.  We had heat. I spent some of the morning turning the bed from summer to winter with the wool blanket added as well as the flower garden quilt.  I need flowers year around. Doug's long term B 12 issues and now my lazy Thyroid  might say electric blanket if the wool blanket is not enough.  I hope not.    I moved to another fall job digging through all three drawers where my stash of summer an...

 It's been a cloudy, gloomy, chilly day.  A harbinger of winter I would say.  I'm sure there will be more to come sprinkled in between the exact opposite sort of day.  So one could say...get use to it.  There will be more like any other fall or winter day we've lived through other years.   I really had a great night of sleep waking up around 8.  There was breakfast and knitting.  I knew I had to make another trip to I U North so I checked my iPhone for the time.  Gee Wizz.  It was an 8:30 appointment and the clock said 8:26 already.  So you can imagine I was on my way immediately not even turning off the TV.  All the round abouts worked their magic.  The car filled Keystone drivers were even helpful.  And I arrived at 8:44.  Woo. That was amazing to say the least.  I did 40 in a 35 zone just like everyone else.                        ...

 Another Thursday.  They just keep coming and that's fine with me.  At the beginning of the week it became apparent to me that there was something to do elsewhere every day of this week.  Yes, some weeks are like that even in Australia as Alexander would say.  Today was to be a morning with Noah at Bread and Bowl at North.  Well, last night I discovered it will be next Thursday.  Woo.  was I happy about that?  You bet.  Today was mine all day doing what I wanted to do all of it at home.  Well, almost.  I finished the last 10 burps so the next 100 burps are ready for the trip to Ginny.  I spent some time putting thread and more where they really belonged in the sewing room. Some fabric was trimmed and deposited in the recycle container.  So a few things like that just make where I work and what I'm looking at a little more pleasing and organized.  I would add, ready to mess up again at some point.  That took ...